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NicoleHope55 t1_iu1pp70 wrote
I honestly thought the same as the OP but I never actually fully thought about it or looked it up. I figured dry meant dry - maybe super high temp? Or those UV sanitizing things? Vacuum? Super air blower blows the dirt out of it?
DrNecropolis t1_iu1r6on wrote
That’s fairly common. I worked at a dry cleaners for 10 years, and this came up pretty frequently. Usually folks wouldn’t like the prices and said they could dry clean at home, using those things that look like dryer sheets. Typically they were back two weeks later wondering why the stains weren’t coming out. Though by that time they had baked the stain into their clothes and getting the stain out would result in damage to the fabric color
Dendad6972 t1_iu1s3fo wrote
Actually it's low temp. The liquid used evaporates at low temperature and is almost completely captured and reused. Source: my dad owned a drycleaners.
ScenicAndrew t1_iu1sgc1 wrote
I thought it probably had something to do with hot gaseous cleaners. Kinda like steam cleaning but where it didn't condense back into water at any point.
In my head I feel a white sock would probably get pretty clean if I stick it in a high pressure steam jet for 1/10th of a second.
HeDgEhAwG69 t1_iu1u474 wrote
So which is worse for the environment?
TheToastIsBlue t1_iu1vq2v wrote
Dry cleaning. Apparently my neighborhood can thank our drycleaners for our toxic groundwater.
HeDgEhAwG69 t1_iu1wba1 wrote
That sucks but good to know.
Wild_Rover5298 t1_iu1zhc5 wrote
So does that mean water is indeed wet
Rickshmitt t1_iu1zwtx wrote
Honestly i thought this too. Ive never used the service and didnt give it much thought. Chemical cleaners doesnt sound as nice
amadeus2490 t1_iu20n5j wrote
"Sir, that's the dryer."
ScienceIsSexy420 t1_iu20orm wrote
In chemistry we call anything with water removed "dry" or "anhydrous". Even organic solvents which don't mix with water will absorb some small amount of water from the atmosphere, so we use little beads called molecular sieves that absorb the water from the solvent, and we store it under a nitrogen atmosphere. This makes the solvent "dry"
turdfarmer1969 t1_iu228ya wrote
More dangerous than dynamite!!!
flightwatcher45 t1_iu23dvn wrote
Well they were doing something wrong if it got into the groundwater, the process of drycleaning when done correctly is safe.
TalosBeWithYou t1_iu271nr wrote
Wetness is the retention of water on or under the surface. Water cannot be wet because it cannot be on it's self. If you add water to existing water you increase the orginal body of water.
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Positive-Source8205 t1_iu2ccp0 wrote
It’s called “dry” because there is no water.
Similarly, in the used oil business used oil is called either wet or dry depending on whether it is mixed with water or not.
wallabee_kingpin_ t1_iu2dobb wrote
Dry cleaning is absolutely not safe for the people who work there. Repeated exposure to the solvents they use causes cancer and probably Parkinson's.
drkensaccount t1_iu2drh6 wrote
Wet water is water that has a small amount of surfacant (detergent) added to break down surface tension. It's used in modeling to keep sprayed, water based glue from beading up, so it soaks into whatever it's supposed to be gluing together.
invisible32 t1_iu2e1ao wrote
Why cannot it be on it's self? One molecule of water is atop a second molecule of water. Both are now on eachother, both are wet.
TalosBeWithYou t1_iu2epjb wrote
TIL wet water is a thing with a purpose
crankyoldbrent t1_iu2fxij wrote
Real old style dry cleaners were so bad for the environment that we have 3 spots in my town where there were former dry cleaners that nothing will ever be in the spots that those businesses were.
wdwerker t1_iu2gese wrote
A long time ago it was fairly common for dry cleaners to have a well onsite to dump old chemicals in . Most old dry cleaners sites are on the superfund list.
crossstitchbeotch t1_iu2hhs8 wrote
I think about this every time I go to the dry cleaners.
ShittingGoldBricks t1_iu2jp8x wrote
Na dry cleaning is just when they scrap off the schmutz with their finger nails….
EPalmighty t1_iu2k8uf wrote
But then they are each other and not on top
AdvicePerson t1_iu2nzg3 wrote
Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man
cdngoneguy t1_iu2onn5 wrote
I learned this when I was 14 because a comfort movie of mine was My Big Fat Greek Wedding and one of the relatives owns a dry cleaner store :)
a_nice_warm_lager t1_iu2trsx wrote
A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer.
SlingDingersOnPatrol t1_iu2xz67 wrote
Lint roller if you have a larger volume of clothes to dry clean.
SlingDingersOnPatrol t1_iu2y999 wrote
It’s just semantics, really. If we want water to be wet, it can be. And there’s really no reason for it to not.
CocktailChemist t1_iu32895 wrote
There are some dry cleaning systems that use supercritical carbon dioxide as the solvent. But that’s still a liquid.
IsaacTehBest t1_iu3ciyc wrote
The real learning is always in the comments, than you!
fantastics-airports t1_iu3dujw wrote
But water is also a chemical solvent.
Use_The_Sauce t1_iu3pamq wrote
I imagine as a dry cleaner the worst thing you can hear is “Can you get this stain out? I’ve tried <insert random lengthy list of pointless treatments>, but it didn’t do anything”
Yes, it did. It made it worse.
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LilianaCole t1_iu3tz8o wrote
Hey, I'm here from another post, can you help me with the name and number of your cleaner? You said you had the cleaner for $140 for your house once a month, and that seems incredible to me. Also is the work quality? I need a little bit of deep cleaning and I want it to be worth it for me. Thanks man!! It means a lot.
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ash_274 t1_iu3xz5y wrote
“Dry cleaning” at home used to be fairly common, using gasoline
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_hic-sunt-dracones_ t1_iu3zt74 wrote
The german term is (translated) chemical cleaning.
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imMadasaHatter t1_iu497u1 wrote
You didn’t read AGAIN lmao
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imMadasaHatter t1_iu4d1jt wrote
doesn't change the fact that you didn't read and replied nonsense twice
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lordwreynor t1_iu4hk5v wrote
Silicone solvents are becoming more prevalent. There are still some old timers that continue to use Perchlorethylene, but noone in their right mind would purchase a perc machine. Hydrocarbon solvent is probably 80% of the industry, the most popular of which is Ecosolv, due to being cheaper than exxon's df2000
Civil_Speed_8234 t1_iu4hw07 wrote
The correct English expression is 'their grandma'. It seems you really hate reading, seeing as you don't read comments and apparently not grammar books either.
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Civil_Speed_8234 t1_iu4lm0f wrote
Oh so you're transphobe too. Sorry, my bad for thinking you're a decent human being who just doesn't like to read
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Civil_Speed_8234 t1_iu4mqye wrote
I thought we were talking about English grammar? Now suddenly we're talking biology? Seems you really don't know anything about anything
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franklincampo t1_iu4x33v wrote
Well, it's also targeted. The clothing is never saturated with liquid like it is in traditional laundry. They spray the solvents through specific parts of the clothing.
ScienceIsSexy420 t1_iu51jyr wrote
My pleasure! I'm always happy to share the fruits of my education
crank1000 t1_iu5bt1h wrote
/r/LostRedditors
Key-Owl-5177 t1_iu5tey2 wrote
Apparently they're still pretty bad. I worked at a company with a hazmat division and they got a lot of work out of dry cleaners sites
crankyoldbrent t1_iu5vtwq wrote
That sounds really gross and disgusting.
Golvellius t1_iu66mcb wrote
Is it the same concept as dry shampoo?
ScienceIsSexy420 t1_iu6l25i wrote
Kind of, but not exactly. Dry shampoo doesn't really remove dirt the way dry cleaning does, but rather absorbs the oils giving the appearance of clean hair. But, the dry portion is identical
jking13 t1_iu7q9lz wrote
Ahhh my house!
Wilbis t1_iubdhtx wrote
Any liquid is wet. Doesn't necessarily need to be water.
Swift_Achilles t1_iudg4vw wrote
Depends on what solvents they used, I worked at one for about 4 years and we used a biodegradable solvent called SolvonK4. No hazmat required!
fatDaddy21 t1_iu1n07g wrote
How did you think it worked? Like they just throw it in the washing machine and skip adding water?